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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Tiigiveski park.

Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Tiigiveski park.

Shady walkway in Tiigiveski park, Tallinn. Maybe I ought to say 'shaded' instead of 'shady', but you get what I mean. Tallinn is generally a safe city.

Shady walkway in Tiigiveski park, Tallinn. Maybe I ought to say 'shaded' instead of 'shady', but you get what I mean. Tallinn is generally a safe city.

I have yet to see a park in Tallinn, here Tiigiveski park, with no games area for children.

I have yet to see a park in Tallinn, here Tiigiveski park, with no games area for children.

View of the Tiigiveski park, Tallinn, with high-rises in the background.

View of the Tiigiveski park, Tallinn, with high-rises in the background.

#Tiigiveski (Tiigiveski)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Keldrimäe
Pond mill. Park, not street, named after one-time mill dating back to the 13th C, once the largest on the #Härjapea river in #Keldrimäe, on a weir-retained pond.
#WaterRelatedStreets #VeeteedeTänavad
#ParksAndGardens #PargidJaAiad

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moats and watermills with water from #Ülemiste lake as well as #Tiigiveski and #Härjapea rivers date back to 1345, so the word could also mean viaduct. A very small part of the (now?) underground system is exhibited outside #Süda P. No.2.
#WaterRelatedStreets #VeeteedeTänavad
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#Põik #tiigiveski juures (0)
Lit. Crossroad / Alley near the mill by the pond. One-time street listed solely as an example of the plain descriptive naure of earlier Estonian streetnames.

#TallinnaTänavaNimede #ajalugu #AjalooliseNimegaTänav
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names

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